Silas Wright

Silas Wright (24 May 1795-27 August 1847) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NY 20) from 4 March 1827 to 16 February 1829 (succeeding Daniel Hugunin Jr. and preceding George Fisher), US Senator from New York from 4 January 1833 to 26 November 1844 (succeeding William L. Marcy and preceding Henry A. Foster), and Governor of New York from 1 January 1845 to 31 December 1846 (succeeding William C. Bouck and preceding John Young).

Biography
Silas Wright was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1795, and his family moved to Weybridge, Vermont a year later, and to Sandy Hook, New York in 1816. He was admitted to the bar in 1819, and he served in the State Senate from 1824 to 1827 and became a Brigadier-General of the state militia in 1827. In 1826, he was elected to the US House of Representatives, but he resigned in order to serve as New York State Comptroller from 1829 to 1833. In 1833, he was elected to serve as a US Senator, and he resigned in order to serve as Governor. He was affiliated with the liberal "Barnburners", and he was defeated for re-election in 1846. He died in 1847.